Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is far easier to let the fry feed naturally than to have to mess around with infusorians . |
| 2 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 3 | ‘ You should know me better than to have to ask that . ’ |
| 4 | However , it is an awful lot better than having to go out to DOS each time , so I still recommend it . |
| 5 | Its results are weapons already far better than needed to defeat second-rate enemies , which may be the only ones to worry about once the Soviet Union has imploded . |
| 6 | Graham was only a little impatient , and he knew better than to try to hurry Slater up . |
| 7 | He should have known better than agree to support a magistrate whose hatred of gipsies was so well known . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the Diary was less than impressed to get such a list from one of Scotland 's newer agencies detailing containing one horrendous spelling error . |
| 9 | It was the concept of parole , originally at the discretion of the Home Secretary , but amended in the course of the passage of the legislation through Parliament so that he could grant early release on licence to a prisoner only if advised to do so by a statutory Parole Board , that commanded the keenest interest of penal reformers and had the most extensive effects . |
| 10 | 1982 No. 1676 ) ) regulating the practice on appeal to the Judicial Committee , an appeal from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand can be entertained only if leave to appeal has been granted by that court or if special leave has been granted by Her Majesty in Council . |
| 11 | Yeah , as you as you heat up the water the gases boil out of it , so if wanted to get rid of the chlorine in your water , boiling it gets rid of quite a lot , it forces the chlorine t to boil out . |
| 12 | For example , Manning ( 1977 ) showed how policemen and women in the ranks have an ability to bypass or undermine innovations introduced by police managers , some even doing so while appearing to endorse the policy change ( Chatterton 1979 ) . |
| 13 | ‘ At the end of last season I had all but decided to finish my career playing junior rugby , ’ said McMaster . |
| 14 | There have also been occasional errors of judgment , regretted by all but recognised to have been caused by the harsh financial climate on the one hand and the immense flood of new books demanding funds and shelving on the other . |
| 15 | I have been intreated during these weeks , cajoled , wheedled , almost caressed , tortured , threatened , brow-beaten and all but blackmailed to step in as the saviour of society . ’ |
| 16 | The sterling bond market apart from gilt-edged had all but ceased to exist . |
| 17 | Mr Pollards father david also gave evidence , saying in a statement how Gary Burn had been sobbing hystericaly when tring to explain to him what had happened . |
| 18 | It also criticized the manufacturers and contractors for lax planning and supervision of the project , the first aircraft having taken nearly twice as long as planned to build . |
| 19 | Use first names only when invited to do so . |
| 20 | When Captain Cook visited the nephrite zone of the South Island of New Zealand , the Maori described jade as a fish that became stone only when brought to land . |
| 21 | In the case of computer-assisted learning , pupils who engaged in tasks only when directed to do so by their teacher and limited their responses only to those specifically indicated by the teacher would be functioning at this level . |
| 22 | The classical tradition held that Nature became beautiful only when subjected to reason ; the romantic view , that Nature was beautiful precisely because she was uncontrolled and was therefore in opposition to Reason . |
| 23 | The £200 driving lessons , which last ninety minutes , average about 20 miles an hour , quite fast enough when trying to sort out gears , brakes and throttle . |
| 24 | This was the first piece of silliness : Comet already has 8.8 per cent and Dixons has almost 18 per cent — quite enough when merged to breach the 25 per cent ceiling which triggers a Monopolies Commission inquiry . |
| 25 | It also criticises the occasional approach of police and magistrates in ‘ stretching the interpretation of different criminal law provisions so as to attempt to criminalise what are essentially lawful and peaceful acts . ’ |
| 26 | I risked them seeing me so as to try to hear , but in fact by the time I could hear them they were shouting , which meant I could listen through the doorway without seeing them or being seen . |
| 27 | Held , granting the application , that the coroner had wrongly precluded himself from considering whether the cause of death had been aggravated by lack of care ; that where the medical cause of death was accompanied by concurrent events which themselves might be a cause of death , there was a case for considering the death ‘ unnatural ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) of the Coroners Act 1988 , and an inquest should be held ; that the statutory duty imposed by section 11(5) of the Act of 1988 to investigate how death occurred prevailed in any conflict with the provision in rule 42 of the Coroners Rules 1984 that verdicts should not be framed so as to appear to decide any issue of civil liability ; that it was in the public interest to investigate by means of an inquest whether the deceased 's death might have been avoided had an ambulance been available earlier ; and that , accordingly , the coroner 's decision not to hold an inquest would be quashed and an order of mandamus granted for an inquest to be held ( post , pp. 491E , H , 493C–D , E–F ) . |
| 28 | The renewed popularity of Japanese gardens , not only as places to visit but as inspirations for western design , can be seen in two forthcoming books : Maggie Oster 's Japanese Garden Style ( Cassell , March , £19.99 , 0 304 34222 X ) , and Philip Cave 's Creating Japanese Gardens ( Aurum Press , May , £19.99 , 1 85410 212 5 ) , which comes with an imprimatur from Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe . |
| 29 | It is important to keep the three elements conceptually distinct , especially when trying to explain the basic nature of a given type of stratification structure . |
| 30 | Then , during the World Cup final , he clashed heads with England winger Simon Halliday and suffered a cut above his right eye — an injury which can be quite bothersome for a full-back , especially when attempting to gather high balls . |